The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence.
This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi’ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, has stated: “The Muslim jurists are unanimous that apostates must be punished, yet they differ as to determining the kind of punishment to be inflicted upon them. The majority of them, including the four main schools of jurisprudence (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, and Hanbali) as well as the other four schools of jurisprudence (the four Shiite schools of Az-Zaidiyyah, Al-Ithna-‘ashriyyah, Al-Ja’fariyyah, and Az-Zaheriyyah) agree that apostates must be executed.”
Qaradawi also once famously said: “If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment, Islam wouldn’t exist today.”
“Christian in Uganda Loses Children, Mother and Stepfather to Islamist Attack, Sources Say,” Morning Star News, October 2, 2019:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 36-year-old Christian near Kampala, Uganda is mourning the deaths of his son, daughter, mother and stepfather, who were killed when Muslim extremists set their house ablaze seven weeks ago, sources said.
Before the radical Muslims set Ali Nakabale’s house on fire on Aug. 20 in Nakaseke, Nakaseke District about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kampala, his wife and other area Muslims had become enraged that he and his mother had converted from Islam to Christianity, Nakabale said. He and his 56-year-old mother, Nankya Hamidah, had put their faith in Christ at an open-air evangelistic event in August 2018.
“I had just visited my aunt only to receive sad news of the burning of our house,” the distraught Nakabale told Morning Star News by phone. “Upon arriving home, I found the house destroyed by fire that burned my four family members, including my two children. On reaching the mortuary, I found their bodies burned beyond recognition.”
Killed along with Hamidah were Joseph Masembe, who had also left Islam to follow Christ and had married Hamidah in November 2018 after her husband’s death earlier that year; Nakabale’s 9-year-old daughter, Afsa Lawada; and his 6-year-old son, Yakubu Njabuga.
A neighbor told Morning Star News that he and others became aware of the fire at 1 a.m. on Aug. 20.
“We saw fire emanating from the house of Hamidah with loud chants from Muslims saying, ‘Allah Akbar [God is greater],’” said the neighbor on condition of anonymity. “Arriving at the scene of the incident, we found that the house had been razed down, killing the four family members.”
Nakabale said that the mosque leader of the Kyanja area of Nakaseke had written a letter to his stepfather, Masembe, stating, “It has come to our attention that since you got married to Hamidah, you have not been attending the mosque.”
“At this, then I realized that the Muslims were monitoring our movements,” Nakabale told Morning Star News….
ploome says
oh
guess we should import more muslim immigrants
they have so much to contribute
(my name and email are NEVER saved)
Fred Dawes says
Muslims, rape ,kill , “do evil all day long”, its part of the ideals of Islam.
Oren Wysocki says
This is all Israels fault! If they made peace with the ‘palestinians’ by creating for them A nation of their own, this would no longer happen. In G-d I trust.
gravenimage says
Ha ha
Walter Sieruk says
What happened shows that Muslims can’t find logic or use reason to sway this man to turn away from Jesus , so those Muslims use violence because their religion, Islam has no foundation in reason of logic .
Furthermore , Islam also can’t be upheld so by the Bible.
For the way for a person to discover if Islam is a true or false religion the truth is to compare and contrast the Qu ‘ran with the Bible t.As in the very important subject of the nature of Jesus as the Bible verse of Isaiah 8:20. This instructs “To the law of the testimony. If they do not speak according to the word, it is because there is no light in them.” [N.K.J.V.] In other words, if a religious teacher has teaching that are in contradiction to the Word, the Bible, then that teachers is a false teacher who teaches false doctrines. The Muslim clerics, as the imam and mullahs, teach and speak doctrines about God from the Qu ‘ran .
As the Qur ‘an in 112 teaches “He is God alone: God is the eternal begetteth not…” Likewise, this religious book which is the entire foundation of and for Islam further teaches in 19:35. “It is not befitting to God that He should beget a son.” In great contrast the Bible teaches in John 1:14. “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory , the glory of the only begotten of the Father ,full of grace and truth.” Likewise John 3:16 teaches “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son… Then just a little further in verse 18 it is written about Jesus Who is “the only begotten Son of God. “ Other places in the Bible further teach that Jesus is the Son of God as in Matthew 16:15:16. Luke 1:35. John 3:36. First John 4:14. 15. 5:14,15. Moreover to be even more clear the Bible teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, Who is God the Father. As found in Matthew 3:16,17. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. Of course , it ,very much, needs to made even more specific . The Bible teaches that Jesus is also God the Son. As seen in Hebrew 1:8 and First John 5:20. The imams and mullahs as well as the other apologists for Islam will try to “explain” this all away. As in they will try brush off all those Bible verse off by making the claim that the Bible had been corrupted, through time, by Christians and that’s why the Bible reads as it does. That claim they make actually underestimate the Power of God to protect and keep His Word safe and intact ,through time, and away from the corruption of men.
In conclusion ,with the above instruction of the way to find doctrinal truth in Isaiah 8:20 and in the light of the Bible verse provided it may be clearly seen, by all those who are willing to see, that Islam is in terrible doctrinal error and it is therefore a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 14:6.
In addition there is a Christian internet site which replies to the many claims made by the imams and mullahs as well as the other apologists for Islam. It’s http://www.answering-islam.org
James Lincoln says
Walter Sieruk,
Excellent post, my compliments.
One major problem is that most Muslims worldwide have IQ averages around 85. The causes are multifactorial, but it is a fact.
So most do not have the intellectual capacity to even conduct a logical, evidence-based analysis of Islam.
By default, they rely on the propaganda promulgated by the imams.
Michael Copeland says
Another handicap is that they are not allowed Bibles.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
is there documentation of this? I’d like to see it, with emphasis on the word like, seriously.
gravenimage says
APF, it is certainly the case that all Muslim-majority nations are low-IQ:
http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/average-iq-by-country/
No Muzzies Here says
Doesn’t look like Islam is heading for a Reformation any time soon.
European pagan says
Uganda: 85% christians, 14% muslims. Horrible what happened. I don’t know why african christians don’t fight against them? I mean not only in Uganda, I mean the other countries too, every week people will be killed by muslims. Everyone can decide that (s)he wants to follow Jesus who talked about love and forgiveness or a pervert pedophile murderer
somehistory says
I saw this last night. The “wife’ of the guy and “mother” of his two kids was moslim and ratted them out.
Even if she did not have an actual part in the burning of the house and murdering her kids and in-laws, she is a murderer, terrorist, and daughter of satan the devil. I would really like to say that to her face.
Mothers are supposed to love, care for and protect their children. I recall a saying from long ago; “God couldn’t be everywhere so he made mothers.” It isn’t true, but does reflect the love a mom is known for.
This demonically inspired creep was not a mother. She is a snake of the worst kind. Even snakes protect their eggs.
gravenimage says
She was killed, too–by her zealous coreligionists.
Angemon says
Should have been a red flag saying “Run as fast and as far away as you can”…
gravenimage says
Uganda: Muslim converts to Christianity, Muslims set his house on fire, killing his wife, children, and stepfather
…………………….
Just horrifying–this is what Islam is like.